Van Johnson Here?
Looks Like Him Anyway
By Maryann Thielen
Coeds who may think the}- have seen Van Johnson on the cam
pus of late will be interested to know that it was actually John
Calbom, army air corps veteran, who seems quite oblivious of
the resemblance. John, who hails from Longview, Washington,
•went into service in February, 1943. He left for overseas in Octo
uei, as a uumuaruiei-naviga
tor in the 379 bombardier squadron,
310th bomb group, 12th air force.
His outfit was sent first to the
island of Corsica. From that base
Calbom’s squadron did frontline
bombing in Italy.
Asked as to what the men did
during their free time, John re
plied, “We managed to get'in some
good hunting and fishing during
our off hours.”
Then To Italy
Fro'm Corsica the squadron’s
base was moved to Fano, Italy,
where their targets were mainly in
the Brenner Pass, northern Italy,
and southern Austria. John bomb
ed with the aid of radar on these
missions, because they were day
^^ight raids with the target over
cast. “I don't think radar is an
improvement over the Nordon
bombsight, but it enabled us to
bomb without seeing the ground,”
remarked the 20-year-old blond.
After 28 missions, John was sent
to a 'rest camp on the Riviera in
Cannes, France. He stayed in the
Martinez hotel and “had a swell
tinje” using the recreational fa
cilities provided for the men. “It
took all of us about three days to
recover from a week at the rest
camp,” grinned John. While there
he was fortunate enough to pur
chase a bottle of Chanel No. 5, but
he wouldn’t say to whom it was
given.
Profitable Stop
Calbom returned to the states
via the southern route and, during
a two-day stop in Brazil, he pur
chased some hard-to-get silk
stockings to bring home. Obvious
ly, John has a keen understanding
of what girls like.
Asked for a comparison of the
French and Italian women, John
commented that the French girls
were more like the American girls
than were the Italian women.
While on the campus, John is
majoring in business administra
tion and living at Sigma hall.
The Chief, making an inspection
round, rummaged through a sea
bag and came up with a bottle of
Seagram’s Seven.
“Don’t you know this seabag is
only for clothing?” demanded the
Chief.
“Yes, sir,” replied the sailor,
“that’s my nightcap.”
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Record Room
Open In Libe
The Carnegie Record room in
the University library is now open
to the entire student body. With
the exception of a few records
which are reserved for music stu
dents, a complete classical reper
toire can be heard.
The room will be open with an
attendant on duty Mondays and
Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.;
on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 11
a.m.; and on Friday music lovers
can visit from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A request was made by one of
the professors that no one play
Beethoven’s Fifth symphony. The
records are worn out, probably
because of the selection’s popu
larity.
Hits and Misses
(Continued from (age two)
Russian paratrooper, a Parisian
girl, and eight German soldiers
are trapped in the basement of a
shell factory. Besides having to
control the German?, the Russian
must get information from one of
them.
The situation is so realistically
presented that most of the aud
ience sits up uncomfortably
straight through the whole pic
ture.
Paul Muni gives an excellent
performance. Love, for once, is
left completely out of a war pic
ture.
MEET MISS BOBBY SOCKS is
no doubt a Hollywood script
writer's idea of how the younger
generation lives. Bob Crosby sup
plies the only bearable moments.
REX
PRACTICALLY YOURS is
really funny. It's about a flyer
who makes a suicide dive on a Jap
flattop and comes back. He finds
himself a hero with a fiancee
whom he doesn’t remember. For
the next two weeks America’s
favorite couple tries to keep the
public in the dark. The result is a
witty and fast-moving comedy.
BRAZIL must have been made
to embarrass travel bureaus and
infuriate Brazilians. I hope the
producer is ashamed of himself.
New Kwqma Tapped
At Thursday Dinner
Descending on the Theta house
en masse, Kwama, sophomore wo
men’s honorary, tapped Margaret
“Mickey” Metcalf to fill the va
cancy left by Martha Leah Lance
who did not return to school this
year.
Mickey was presented with the
traditional red carnation and red,
white, and black pledge ribbon at
dinner Thursday evening.
Ho Hum
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time and let us know if Bob Moran
can get by with such stuff. We’re
really interested and amused, no
foolin’.
Wish we could keep up with
Jacky Ruble, local candy man,
who keeps running from the Theta
to the Kappa house and vice-versa
constantly. Could it be he still has
affections for Carolyn jTylor of
Theta and can’t quite make up his
mind about Phyt Brugman of the
house across the street?
Lucky us. Word has reached the
campus that this week we will all
get a chance to cast our eyes on
that hunk of man who left school
to play pro ball. Bill Maytlier. Bet
Nancy Knight is planning a big
week-end, eh?
Could it be true Dorothy “I’ve
a right to change my mind” Carl
son isn’t enthused about Mr. Dick
Bunting anymore? Too bad, Dick,
but the ratio is still in your favor.
Congratulations to Hendricks
hall's Carolyn Jo Parker who is
doing quite well setting her own
endurance record at Taylor’s and
proving there are men to be had
if one only knows where to look.
Polly “Remember?” Chafe is on
a hunting trip in Palm Springs.
Little does she realize her man
Johnny Itroder is finding hunting
quite good right here on the cam
pus. Tsk, tsk, will this mean a
noise parade when Polly comes
marching home?
Lost: One brunette by the name
of Elinore, five-foot-five and very
pretty. She is wanted by William
F. Coombs, who met her in a line
during registration. Mr. Coombs
claims life is too miserable to en
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